It was great to see Danielle Hunter look like his old self in the Minnesota Vikings 23-7 victory over the Green Bay Packers.
After having neck surgery before the 2020 season and missing all 16 games, Hunter tore his pectoral muscle and missed most of the 2021 season. During the seven games which Hunter played, he did accrue six sacks and looked like he didn’t miss a beat.
Against the Green Bay Packers, Hunter graded out fairly well per PFF and he had one sack and two pressures. On one pass rush rep, he did something that doesn’t even seem legal by the laws on physics.
Danielle Hunter fake rip spin. A lot of body control and good feet to pull this off pic.twitter.com/2cU9ZPGQXT
— SyedSchemes (@syedschemes) September 12, 2022
A fake rip plus a spin is just insane. As SyedSchemes makes clear in their tweet, the footwork needed to pull this off is impressive as in the athleticism to plant and spin to the inside.
Aaron Rodgers had gotten the ball out quickly to prevent Hunter from making it an impactful rush but if this is what the Vikings get all season, they are in good shape.